ASC Division on Corrections and Sentencing Handbook Volume 4: The Handbook on Sentencing Policies and Practices in the 21st Century, Cassia Spohn and Pauline Brennan, Editors.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Cassia Spohn and Pauline Brennan
I. THE EVOLUTION OF SENTENCING POLICIES AND PRACTICES
1. Megan C. Kurlychek and John H. Kramer
The Transformation of Sentencing in the 21st Century
2. Richard S. Frase and Kelly Lyn Mitchell
Sentencing Guidelines in the U.S.
3. Julian V. Roberts and Lyndon Harris
Sentencing Guidelines Outside the United States
II. ISSUES IN GUIDELINE AND NON-GUIDELINE SENTENCING
4. Richard D. Hartley
Inter-District Differences and Extra-Legal Disparity under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: The Trees Are “Substantially” more Important than the Forest
5. Kate Fitz-Gibbon and James Roffee
Minimum Sentencing for Serious Offences: Lessons from Australia
6. Stuti S. Kokkalera and Simon I. Singer
Discretionary Release Practices for Juveniles Facing Life: A Review of State Parole and Resentencing Procedures
III. PLEA BARGAINING
7. Arie Freiberg and Asher Flynn
Plea Negotiations: An Australian Perspective
8. Amy Dezember and Allison D. Redlich
Plea Bargaining in the Shadow of the Trial
9. Shi Yan
Estimating the Size of Plea Discounts: Why Does It Matter?
10. Jay Gormley and Cyrus Tata
To Plead or Not to Plead? ‘Guilt is the Question. Re-Thinking Plea Decision-Making in Anglo-American Countries
IV. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
11. Amy L. Anderson, Weng-Fong Chao and Philip Schwadel
Evolving Attitudes Toward Capital Punishment
12. Jeffery T. Ulmer and Lily Hanrath
Disparities in Death Penalty Prosecution and Punishment: A Review of Recent Research
V. CURRENT CONTROVERSIES
13. Rhys Hester, Richard S. Frase, Julia Laskorunsky and Kelly Lyn Mitchell,
Rethinking the Role of Criminal History in Sentencing
14. Katharine Tellis and Cassia Spohn
AB109 in California; Realignment, Decarceration and Crime in Los Angeles County
15. Eileen M. Ahlin and Anne S. Douds
The Problem with Problem-Solving Courts: The Black Box Remains Unopened After Thirty Years
16. Jennifer L. Lanterman
Restorative Justice Practices and Challenges in the United States